Saturday, August 30, 2008

and the winner is...

Uncertain what all this fuss is about stripping oakum in the chokey when it's a cat's idea of nirvana, Rocky's new friend Mrs Glosser has had to drag him out to help with the prize draw for the copy of Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh, but 'tis done and the winner is...

Congratulations to Nancy and look out for four more Booker prize-draws coming up next week. The clue for Monday's book is that Rocky has agreed to be called Frocky, but for one day only.

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and the winner is...

Uncertain what all this fuss is about stripping oakum in the chokey when it's a cat's idea of nirvana, Rocky's new friend Mrs Glosser has had to drag him out to help with the prize draw for the copy of Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh, but 'tis done and the winner is...

Congratulations to Nancy and look out for four more Booker prize-draws coming up next week. The clue for Monday's book is that Rocky has agreed to be called Frocky, but for one day only.

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Team TolstoyA year-long shared read of War & Peace through the centenary year of Count Lyev Nikolayevich Tolstoy's death, starting on his birthday, September 9th 2010.
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